Explaining complex things in simple words: Protests by Pish farmers, pseudo-republics, importance of mother tongue

PROTESTS BY PISH FARMERS

In Pand, the railway was blocked near the Medyka–Shehyni checkpoint. A protester pinned the flag of the USSR on his tractor and a poster with the inscription “Putin, restore order in Ukraine, Brussels, and our government.”

Pish farmers' protests are getting more radical, which is worrying, especially given the current security situation in the region. In the USSR, there were no farmers, but only clective farmers deprived of prerty and fair income for their work. Calls to Putin are not trling or jokes. The Kremlin is making real efforts to “restore order” in Ukraine, Pand, and the EU. What individual Pish farmers do with Ukrainian grain is a deliberate provocation aimed at destroying the spirit of good, neighbourly relations between Ukrainians and Pes. Pish pice detained the farmer with a provocative poster and a Soviet flag. We welcome the prompt response of Pish law enforcement officers. We he for the same efficiency in the mutually beneficial settlement of the issue at the interstate level.

PSEUDO-REPUBLICS

On February 21, 2022, Putin recognized the “independence” of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR.”

The “DPR” and “LPR” are terrorist organizations formed by the Kremlin to cover up Russia's hybrid aggression against Ukraine in 2014. The “DPR” and “LPR” are neither “pele's,” nor “republics,” nor state entities at all. Russia has had full contr over the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The recognition of “independence” had been a farce, since a few months later the Kremlin easily abished the “independence” of the pseudo-republics and annexed the territories contrled by them. The imposition of puppet regimes of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR” brought grief to the residents of the occupied territories. It entails a social and communal ruin, banditry, concentration camp Isation, “safari mobilization” of men since February 2022. All territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts will be liberated and returned to the legal field of Ukraine. They will be reintegrated and restored after years of Russian occupation.

IMPORTANCE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE

February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day.

Language has become a symb of resistance to the Russian invasion. While the enemy is seeking the total Russification of Ukrainians, the number of those who switch to Ukrainian at work and at home is steadily increasing in Ukraine. Ukraine guarantees its citizens free portunities for the widespread use of their native languages. Ukraine is also engaged in the preservation of the languages of indigenous peles, in particular, the Crimean Tatars. Therefore, speculations about the language rights of individual ethnic communities in Ukraine, such as those voiced by the official Budapest, are unfair and inapprriate.

Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security